Rural carrier braves hornets to save customer’s life
Rural Carrier Kaci Hough was recently delivering mail in Raleigh, MS, when she arrived at the home of an 89-year-old customer who uses a walker. She instantly realized there was an emergency: The man was being swarmed by hornets. Hough rushed to his aid, dispersing the insects and guiding him ...
Customers praise rural carrier for help on slippery day
Rural Carrier Stacey Dolan was delivering mail on an icy day last year in Litchfield, CT, when she came upon two customers in a moment of crisis outside their home. One had slipped and fallen and couldn’t get up, and the other was unable to assist. Dolan rushed to their ...
From NRLCA – What to Do If Your Ratification Ballot Is Missing or Damaged
If a member fails to receive a ratification ballot package after a sufficient amount of mail processing time has passed from the February 7-9, 2022 mailing date, or your ballot has been damaged, please call the NRLCA headquarters office at 703-684-5545 and the receptionist will direct you to someone who ...
Rural carrier saves injured customer’s life
It was Certified Mail that brought Rural Carrier Megan Husby to an older customer’s door one day last summer in New Richmond, WI. As she approached the man’s residence to get his signature, she spotted him lying on the ground in his front yard, mail scattered around him. Husby rushed ...
Rural carrier helps truck accident victim
Rural Carrier Associate Alexis Baker was recently delivering mail in Manito, IL, when she came upon a FedEx truck that had overturned, coming to rest in a corn field. Baker immediately called 911 and rendered first aid to the injured driver. Emergency responders soon arrived and took over. “Her co-workers ...
Rural carrier responds to fire at customer’s home
Rural Carrier Associate Kourtney Bray was recently delivering mail in Holland, NY, when she spotted a truck in flames outside a customer’s residence. She immediately called 911 and remained on the scene until firefighters arrived to extinguish the blaze before it could spread to the detached garage and the house ...
Rural Carriers – USPS OIG wants your opinions on POV routes vs USPS vehicle routes
The U.S. Postal Service has almost 80,000 rural delivery routes serviced by some 133,000 rural letter carriers. For some of those routes, USPS provides the vehicle; for others, the carrier uses a private vehicle and receives a maintenance allowance from the Postal Service for wear and tear. In fiscal year ...
New page added to Ruralinfo.net – All Things RRECS
I have tried to gather all the info needed in once place for RRECS. If you know of something I missed, please let me know. Click here to go to the RRECS page -All thing RRECS ...
Texas rural carrier saves injured customer’s life
Marissa Means, a rural carrier associate in Kerens, TX, was delivering mail one day last summer when she heard someone yelling for help. She soon spotted a customer who’d fallen off his lawn mower and was bleeding profusely from multiple lacerations he’d sustained. Means immediately called 911 and remained on ...
Video: NRLCA President Stutts Explains the Details of the 2021-2024 Tentative Agreement
In this video, NRLCA President Stutts explains the details of the 2021-2024 Tentative Agreement ...
Early morning accident claims life of Dublin, TX postal worker, Mindi House
A two-vehicle accident shortly before 7 a.m. Tuesday has claimed the life of 39-year-old Mindi House. Captain James Gresham with the Stephenville Police Department told Beneath the Surface News that House was traveling east on Washington Street and attempting to make a left-hand turn onto Wolfe Nursery Road when her ...
Postal Service has designated Jan. 24 as Rural Reach Day
The Postal Service has designated Jan. 24 as Rural Reach Day, which celebrates the organization’s lead-sharing program for rural carriers. USPS districts will hold events to thank rural carriers for contributing to the Rural Reach program, which has generated more than $817 million in estimated annualized revenue since it began ...
USPS OIG Report on Replacement of Privately Owned Delivery Vehicles
Background In fiscal year (FY) 2020, the U.S. Postal Service had about 133,000 rural letter carriers and associates delivering mail on over 79,500 rural routes. A rural route can be a government owned vehicle (GOV) route where the Postal Service provides the delivery vehicle, or an equipment maintenance allowance (EMA) ...